Ilkley Harriers racing

Ilkley Harriers AC pursues an active racing programme and throughout
the year our members compete in road, fell, trail and cross country races
both as individuals and in team competition. Events in a typical
year include the Northern and National Cross-Country Championships,
the high-calibre West Yorkshire Cross Country League, the friendly
PECO Sports Direct Cross Country League, the Harrogate
District Summer Race League, road relays, the Ian Hodgson Mountain Relay, the Calderdale Way Relay,
the FRA Relay and more.

The Club also promotes and organises races throughout the year - see our races page.

The junior section has a comprehensive race programme documented on the Junior Pages.

Changing race entries

From time to time the issue of 'swapping' race entries comes up: person A has entered a race in advance but can't do it for one reason or another, person B wants to do the race but has not got an entry. So person B wants to run in person A's number. Fair enough?

But take care, some races do not allow race numbers to be swapped to another person. If you do that anyway and break the race rules (creating potential logistical and safety problems) you are also breaking the Rules of UK Athletics and that is quite serious. If a race organiser becomes aware of such a breach they are obliged to take disciplinary action against both runners. Unfortunately, we do have actual experience of this in Ilkley Harriers, and the possible consequences include:

the race organiser may ban either or both runners from entering the race in future years;

the Ilkley Harriers Committee may be obliged to investigate the complaint and take disciplinary action, which is unpleasant for everyone and a poor use of Committee time;

in some cases the regional association may impose a lengthy region-wide race ban on the individual;

if it is a FRA fell race the FRA Disciplinary Committee may take action, including a possible racing ban.

So, this is serious: you are advised not to offer or take a race number without the explicit permission of the
race organiser and the race entry details being updated.